Metallic partition



(No Model.)

G FUGMAN METALLIC PARTITION.

Patented Apr. 5,- 1898. y

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GODFREY FUGMAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

M ETALLIC PARTITION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,873, dated April 5,1898. .lppnmnonniea June 9,1897. ser`m1N.6s9,971. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that` I, GODEREY vFUGMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Partitions;'and'I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the. invention, such as willl enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to improve-` ments in metallic partitionssubstantially like that shown and described in Letters Patent No.475,854, granted to me May 3l, 1892,5 whereby said partitions arevespecially adapted for use as a vertical partition-wall (or ceiling)which it is desirable to cover by a coating of plaster.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims. v

In the drawings, Figure l is a side eleva tion of myimproved metalpartition, and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan View of the same when coveredby plaster or like material.

The partition A is made of sheet metal bent sinuously to form theparallel folds o. and the connecting ends a', which latter arepreferably formed with arch-shaped parts4 a2 a2 and the intermediatereversely-ourved part a3.

A plurality of tongues Bare punched, preferably, from the ends a' atsuitable intervals, each of which remains attachedv at one edge, whichis near the line where the ends c and folds a join. These tongues arethen bent around into a planea-t about right angles to the side folds a.

In using this metal structure as a vertical partition the space betweenthe folds a. on both sides of the partition will commonly be filled withcement, concrete, plaster, or some l other form-of plastic filling. Thisplastic material will also be spread over the outer surfaces of the endsa', thereby completely covering the metal partition-A,.will pass throughthe holes formed by cutting ont the tongues,

and will unite with the material on the'opposite side of said metallicpartition. The

tongues will be buried likewise in the cement. This will hold theplastic material onto the metal partition after said material hashardened.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A metallic partitioncomprising a sheet of metal bent sinuously to form the folds a which liein parallel planes, and the connecting ends a', saidv partition having aplurality of integral tongues punched from said ends and bent aroundinto positions at right anglesk substantially to the folds and remainingattached in the lines where the folds and ends join," substantially asspecified.

2. A metallic partition comprisingla sheet of metal bent sinuously intoa series of folds a ct which lie in substantially parallel planes,

and connecting ends a which are substan-` tially the same at one side ofthe wall as at when embedded in the middle of the wall to furnish thesame support for each side,- said ends having a plurality of tonguesprojecting from them substantially at the junction of the folds and endsand in a direction substantially at right angles to the folds, combinedwith plaster, cement, or like material filling the spaces between thefolds and covering the ends and tongues, substantially as specied.

.v A metallic partition, comprising a sheet of metal bent sinuously toform the folds a a which lie in parallel planes, and connecting ends a',said partition having a'plurality of integral tongues punched from saidends and bent'aroun'd intopositions at right angles substantially to thefolds, combined with plaster, cement or like material filling the spacesbetween the folds` and covering the ends and embedding the tongues,substantial1y as speci- Intestimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

coDEEEY EUeMAN.

